Our Team
Training tomorrow’s leaders for over 40 years.
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Kim earned a BS in financial economics from Fisk University and obtained a master’s degree in business administration from Tennessee State University.
With more than 18 years of community relations, program management, donor engagement, and communications experience, Kim has worked for organizations such as Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bethlehem Centers of Nashville, Community Foundation of Central Illinois, and Tennessee SCORE. In 2020, she became the Executive Director for Young Leaders Council, an organization focused on training young professionals to effectively serve on nonprofit boards. Kim is a graduate of YLC’s Nashville Class 49.
A fierce advocate for the nonprofit community, Kim recently joined the Tennessee Nonprofit Network Board of Directors and is the immediate past board chair for Mending Hearts. She also serves on the Truist Bank Community Advisory Board. In 2024, Kim was selected as one of Nashville Business Journal’s Most Admired CEOs and was featured among the Nashville Post “The Mentors”. Kim was also selected by the Junior League of Nashville to receive the 2024 Paragon Award for Outstanding Community Service.
Kim is the proud mother of three children and enjoys spending quality time with her family and supporting her children’s various activities. She enjoys walking her Yorkie, listening to audio books, and visiting Disney whenever humanly possible.
Holly Clark
Alumni Engagement & Events Manager
Holly Clark serves as the Alumni Engagement and Events Manager for Young Leaders Council. She is a 2017 alumna of YLC, interning on the board of Friends of Warner Parks. She has more than 15 years of experience with Nashville’s nonprofit community in event planning and development roles most recently serving as Safe Haven Family Shelter’s event director. Holly was also director of development and communications at Nashville OIC and was the manager at the Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation. At the Foundation, she planned Project Homeless Connect and Nashville’s Poverty Symposium working toward reducing poverty and homelessness in Nashville. She is originally from Montgomery, Alabama, and is a graduate of Auburn University.
Rachel Reyes
Program Manager
rachel@youngleaderscouncil.org
Rachel Reyes is a native to the Nashville area and is grateful to serve at Program Manager for YLC, managing admissions, internship placement and communications with nonprofit friends and program participants. She graduated from Lipscomb University with a degree in Strategic Communication/PR, and has served in the nonprofit program management and event planning space for over 4 years now. She is a graduate of YLC’s Spring 2022 Nashville Class. Rachel lives in the Nashville area with her husband and enjoys cooking, walking, hosting friends and exploring new restaurants!
